Sassuolo vs Fiorentina

9 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Daniele Chiffi

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Alfred Duncan 62’
Khouma Babacar 67’
Stefano Sensi 80’

Giovanni Simeone 70’
Marco Benassi 89’
Kevin Mirallas 90+6’

Match summary

Sassuolo and Fiorentina drew 3-3. It was goalless at half-time.

Alfred Duncan put Sassuolo ahead in the 62nd minute, Khouma Babacar made it 2-0 in the 67th minute, set up by Alfred Duncan, Giovanni Simeone pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 70th minute, Stefano Sensi made it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, Marco Benassi made it 3-2 in the 89th minute, and Kevin Mirallas equalised in stoppage time, set up by Germán Pezzella.

Fiorentina had the better of the chances, with 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Sassuolo's 1.10 from 17. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

11 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 10

4 Yellow Cards 5

1 Red Cards 1

1.10 xG 2.20

1.10 Non-penalty xG 2.20

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Sassuolo Fiorentina

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Alfred Duncan

1-0

62’

Khouma Babacar
Assist: Alfred Duncan

2-0

67’

70’

Giovanni Simeone

2-1

Stefano Sensi
Assist: Domenico Berardi

3-1

80’

89’

Marco Benassi

3-2

90+6’

Kevin Mirallas
Assist: Germán Pezzella

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sassuolo

Filip Djuricic
Stefano Sensi
Domenico Berardi
Alessandro Matri

Fiorentina

Nikola Milenkovic
Jordan Veretout
Marco Benassi
Edimilson Fernandes

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sassuolo 1.10 xGFiorentina 2.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fiorentina attacking Sassuolo attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pol Lirola	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Marlon Santos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rogerio	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Alfred Duncan	MID	90	1	1	3	0.09	0.51	3
Stefano Sensi	MID	90	1		2	0.06	0.10	1
Mehdi Bourabia	MID	81			1	0.07	0.15	3
Domenico Berardi	FWD	90		1	6	0.25	0.09	3
Khouma Babacar	FWD	86	1		2	0.48	0.02	1
Federico Di Francesco	FWD	75			2	0.10	0.07	1
Filip Djuricic	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Francesco Magnanelli	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Matri	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vincent Laurini	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.39	3
Germán Pezzella	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.24	1
Nikola Milenkovic	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Cristiano Biraghi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Veretout	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	2
Gerson	MID	77			3	0.13	0.02	1
Marco Benassi	MID	90	1		5	1.09	0.00	0
Edimilson Fernandes	MID	90			2	0.34	0.11	2
Marko Pjaca	MID	47			1	0.03	0.02	1
Dusan Vlahovic	FWD	56			1	0.05	0.07	1
Federico Chiesa	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Simeone	Sub	34	1		2	0.46	0.00	0
Kevin Mirallas	Sub	13	1		1	0.24	0.10	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 34% Bet365 odds 2.80

Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20

Fiorentina win 36% Bet365 odds 2.60

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sassuolo D W D L D

Fiorentina D D D D L

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.